22 G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. [No. 1, 
expanding into a wide inowtli ; the teetb 10, linear. Fefals oblnnceolate 
or spftMiulate, liix>ader and longer than tlie sepftle. Stamens 2 in front of 
each petal, gltibrouH. Ovary shot't, CTOwned bj h short slightly spread- 
ing styles, glahfous towards the apex. Fruit nnknown. Kmz For. 
Flora Burma, II, 531; Clarke in Flo r. Br, Ind. II, 597. Jff. fa'Hdum, 
Betith. in Jouni, Linn. Soc. I^V, 37 (in parf). Blackwellia daspndhay 
Tiiccj!. Bull. Soc. Imp. Moac. Vol. XXXVI (1863), 610. BlackweWa 
spec., Griff. Notulie IV, 584, 
Kemh; OutUs 2506. Trakgj King's Collector DiJ^rmn, 
Tenasseiim. 
Knrz dsecrities til B calyx-lobes and petals ng G Dach, and in thnt he la quite 
wrong} for diaacftioD of Griffith'fl spQciiuen (whieti is tlio typeoF the appoieH) abowa 
lOofoacli. Altliongb the structure of the llowera is the sa-me in (Iio gatlieritij^M 
of this plant from Bnrraiij Kedak aad Traiig, thoro is cooBiderable difference as to 
the amoant of hair on the leaves and also aa to thoir edges. TJic Buritioscfipeciiueus 
are rather obsearely crenate except wlieii very young j tke Kedah plant has ita adult 
Iciavea boldly orenate and mintitely pubescent on the lower atirfftoo and glabrescent 
on the upper (except tho midrib atid main nerves) i while the Trang Bpeeimens are 
glabrescent on both Burfaecs, with 1 ho except itra of tho nerves nnd midrib. The 
flowera of the Trfing plaat aro moreover slightly kiiger th.aa theme either from 
Kcdah or Teiniaserim. 
6. HOMALIUM FBITTESCSNS, King. A tree 20-30 feet high ; young 
branches sleudcr, pale when dry, glabrous, striate. Leaves thinly 
coriacooua, elliptic-oblong to elliptic, shortly acuminate, tapering slightly 
to the base ; main nerves 7 or 8 pairs, curving upwards, prominent beneath ; 
both surfaces glabroiiig, minutely reticulate, the lower pale-brown and 
the upper olivaceous when dry; length 3-5 in., breadth 1-75-2-25 
(rarely 2'75 in.)* petiole '1 in. llacemes axillai-y, sometiEnes with 2 or ',i 
branches, about as long as the leaves or sometimes longer, the racbis 
pubernloua ; the Eowers numerous but not crowded, in paii"S or solitary, 
about '25 in. long, and '1 in. or '15 diam. at the mouth ; tlie pedicel 
under "1 in, in length, Oahjx narrowly cyliudi4c-conic, boldly ridged ; 
teeth 6, lanccolsitCj acute, erect. Petals larj^er than the petals, oblong- 
lanceolate, pubescent on both surfaces but especially on the upper. 
Stamens 4 opposite each petal and slightly exceeding it in length, 
glabrous. Ovarij hairy, elongate; styles 5, as long as the et-amena, 
cylindric, erect, Fruit unknown, BlackiveUia lougifiora^ Miq. Flor. 
Ind. Bat. I, Pt, I, 715. J?, cart/ophyllacea, Zoll, ot Moritz. Syst. 
Verz. 33 ; Miq, Flor, Ind, Bat. 1. c. 715 ; Somaliuni caryophtjUaceuvij 
Benth, in Jourii. Linn, Soc, IV, 'SS. Cordijlantkus frutescenitf Blume 
Mus, Bot. Ludg. Bat. 11, 27, fig» 111. JJomalium c&rdylanihm^ Benth. 
in Jonrn, Linn. Soc. IV, 38, 
Selangoh ; Ridley 1902. Joiiokk ; Eidleij 4050, 4182. Perak ; 
King's Collector, 776, 777, 784, 5246, 7010, 10471, 10237, 10102, 1U996. 
